Chile's Cultural Heritage

Departure from the hotel in the morning.
Head south and visit the village of Pomaire (famous for pottery art craft of all kinds).
Continue to the Pacific coast until you reach Isla Negra and visit the museum of Pablo Neruda, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.
Lunch in the village.
After lunch, make your way to Viña del Mar, the largest beach resort in Chile.
Arrival at Valparaiso in the late afternoon.

Night at Hotel Manoir Aktinson ***.

Upgraded room with view over the Ocean.
Included : english speaking guide, private transport, room & breakfast, breakfast

Visit of this town, and its old quarters, listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO. With its many hills crowned with picturesque houses and warehouses, its steep narrow streets, its cable cars and street artists, the city has a particular identity and a very special atmosphere. Seize the opportunity to have lunch in a typical seafood restaurant. Visit of La Sebastiana, one of Pablo Neruda's houses.

By foot and in public transport.
La Sebastiana is closed on Mondays.
In case of rainy day, posibility of guided tour with private vehicule (extra fees to your charge).

Night at Hotel Manoir Aktinson ***.

Upgraded room with view over the Ocean.
Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, room & breakfast, breakfast

Half day tour of Valparaiso and its old neighbourhoods, Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. This town is made of many hills crowned with picturesque houses and warehouses, steep narrow streets, lifts and street artists. You will discover this special atmosphere this place has. Seize the opportunity to have lunch in a typical seafood restaurant. Visit of La Sebastiana, one of Pablo Neruda's houses.
By foot and in public transport.
La Sebastiana is closed on Mondays.

Night at Hotel Manoir Aktinson ***.

Upgraded room with view over the Ocean.
Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, room & breakfast, breakfast

Private transfer from Valparaiso to Santiago airport.
English speaking guide.
Domestic flight from Santiago to Iquique (time to be confirmed, flight indicated in option).

Private transfer from Iquique airport to the hotel.

Night at Hotel Spark ****.
Included : private transport, english speaking guide, domestic flight, airport tax, room & breakfast
Included opts : english speaking guide (tour leader).

In Iquique, the weather is tropical-dry, even if the sea temperature is very low because of the Humboldt stream that comes directly from Antarctica. You will start the visit of the city by walking down the costanera, a wooden path bordered with palm trees, following the sea to Brava Beach. Then, you will visit the historical and Spanish areas of the city, which is the capital of the Tarapacá Region. You can also go to avancha Beach, to see its surfers, to the Cerro Dragon, the highest and biggest sand dune in the world in the middle of the city. Night in Iquique. Meals not included.


Night at Hotel Spark ****.
Included : english speaking guide, guide expenses, entrance fees, private transport, room & breakfast

Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located 48 km east of the city of Iquique. They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. They contain over 200 former saltpeter works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal pampinos culture. That culture is manifest in their rich language, creativity, and solidarity, and, above all, in their pioneering struggle for social justice, which had a profound impact on social history. Situated in the remote desert Pampa, one of the driest deserts on earth, thousands of pampinos lived and worked in this hostile environment, for over 60 years, from 1880, to process the largest deposit of saltpeter in the world, producing the fertilizer sodium nitrate that was to transform agricultural lands in North and South America, and in Europe, and produce great wealth for Chile. Because of the vulnerability of the structures and because of the impact of a recent earthquake, the site was also placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, to help mobilize resources for its conservation.

Night at Hotel Spark ****.
Included : english speaking guide, guide expenses, entrance fees, private transport, room & breakfast

Private transfer from your hotel to Iquique airport.
Domestic flight from Iquique to Santiago (time to be confirmed, flight indicated in option).
Domestic flight from Santiago to Puerto Montt (time to be confirmed, flight indicated in option).

Arrival at Puerto Montt and transfer with an English-speaking guide in a private vehicle to Ancud in the north of Chiloé Island.

Night at the Hosteria Ancud ***.
Included : private transport, domestic flight, airport tax, reception with english-speaking guide, room & breakfast

Departure at 9:00 to reach Puerto Montt. From Puerto Montt, capital of the Lake District in Chile, you will take the Pan-American Highway (or Ruta 5) to the port of Pargua from where you will take a ferry to Chiloe Island. The crossing takes 30 minutes to land in the villages of Chacao and Ancud. You will visit the Penguins Reserve of Puñihuil before descending further south to Tenáun.
You will then take a boat between Chiloé and Mechuque Island. After 45 minutes, you will reach this island which has preserved its history and is only known by a few lucky people. You will visit Don Paulino Museum and stop at the bar of the village where it feels as if you have travelled back in time. There, the population lives by the rhythm of the tides, far away from the consumption mode of our (too) modern societies.
Dinner and night with local hosts.

Host family acomodation
Included : room & breakfast, guide expenses, dinner, english-speaking driver guide, excursion (private)

You will have breakfast on the island to observe the awakening of this remote place. According to the weather conditions, you will board on a boat in the late morning or early afternoon to go to Chiloé Island and then Castro, the capital. You will walk past the famous stilt houses and visit the Church of San Francisco, listed as World Heritage, whose construction began in 1910 and which is entirely made of wood from the area.

Night at the Palafito 1326 hotel ***.
Included : room & breakfast, guide expenses, english-speaking driver guide, excursion (private)

You will go down the east coast to the small village of Dalcahue, whose economy is still closely tied to the water. You will visit traditional stalls. There, restaurants serve the curanto, typical dish made of meat, potatoes, corn, and seafood.
According to the weather conditions, navigation to get to a small island in front of Dalcahue (Achaco or Quinchao) to discover the fishermen villages. You will discover the churches that received in 2000 the title of World Heritage by UNESCO.
Road to Cucao to discover the Chiloé National Park. Various possible hikes (between 30 minutes and 2 hours).

Night at the Palafito Cucao hotel.
Included : room & breakfast, guide expenses, english-speaking driver guide, excursion (private)

Departure from Cucao in the morning to go to the airport of Castro and take your flight.
Domestic flight from Castro to Santiago (time to be confirmed, flight indicated in option).

Arrival in Santiago and private transfer to your hotel.

An English-speaking guide will accompany you during the transfer.

Night at the Galerias hotel ***.

Included : guide expenses, english-speaking driver guide, excursion (private), domestic flight, airport tax, transfer arrival, room & breakfast
Included opts : International guide

Your guide will come and pick you up at your hotel to take you for a visit of the mining town of Sewell, located at an altitude of 2,000 m in the Andes, where the climate is very harsh. The town was built in 1905 to accommodate the miners working in what was about to become the biggest underground copper mine in the world, El Teniente. This is a great example of cities that were established in many remote parts of the wold in order to run a mine. To deal with the accessibility problem, the city was built around a giant staircase rising from the railway station. Along the slope, weirdly-shaped squares, accompanied by trees and plants, are the main public spaces of the city. The buildings built along the streets are made of wood, sometimes painted in bright green, yellow, red and blue. During its golden age, the population of the city was about 15,000 but it was deserted in the 1970's.
Return to Santiago.
Lunch included.
Diner non-included.

Night at the Holiday Inn Santiago Airport hotel ****

Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, private transport, room & breakfast

Domestic flight from Santiago to Easter Island (time to be confirmed).

Transfer from the airport to the hotel.


Afternoon at leisure. Walk around the village, rent a bicycle, go snorkelling or diving, explore the island horseback riding, or relax by the pool of your hotel!

Night at Otai hotel ***.
Superior Room.

Rapa Nui National Park entrance fees included.
Included : domestic flight, airport tax, english speaking guide, transfer arrival, breakfast buffet , room, entrance fees
Included opts : upgrade room.

Morning dedicated to the visit of the village of Hanga Roa, its museum and the Tahai complex, the archaeological site closest to the village, where Moai statues face away from the ocean.

In the afternoon, visit of Ahu Vinapu, the Puna Pau quarry and the site of the seven explorers Ahu Akivi, the only site of the island where the Moais are facing the sea.

Night at Otai hotel ***.
Superior Room.
Included : english speaking guide, entrance fees, excursion (private), breakfast buffet , room
Included opts : upgrade room.

Full day excursion to discover the Anakena beach, the sites of Nau Nau and Ature Huki. You will visit the arqueologic sites of Hare Moa, Manavai, Pipi Oreko, Papa Vaka, and the Ahu Te Pito Kura (Biggest Moai). You will arrive in the bay of Hanga Nui, where the impressive site of Tongariki is. End your day at to the volcan Rano Raraku, before driving back to the village.

Night at Otai hotel ***.
Superior Room.
Included : english speaking guide, excursion (private), lunch, breakfast buffet , room
Included opts : upgrade room.

In the morning, half-day excursion to the Rano Kau Volcano.

You will first discover the spectacular crater as well as panoramic views of the island.

You will then continue to the ceremonial site of Orongo, where the Birdman cult used to take place.

From there, you will catch sight of the 3 Motu islets that you can reach by boat. Finally, you will visit the cave Ana Kai Tangata.

There, you will have a spectacular view of the island and of the Pacific Ocean.

Return to Hanga Roa at the end of the morning.

Night at Otai hotel ***.
Superior Room.
Included : english speaking guide, excursion (private), breakfast buffet , room
Included opts : upgrade room.

Transfer from your hotel to the airport of Hanga Roa, organised by your guide.

Day at leisure to take time to discover and wander around Easter Island.

Domestic flight from Easter Island to Santiago (time to be confirmed, flight indicated in option).

Arrival in Santiago and private transfer to your hotel.

An English-speaking guide will accompany you during the transfer.

Night at the Galerias hotel ***.

Included : english speaking guide, transfer departure, domestic flight, airport tax, transfer arrival, room & breakfast
Included opts : International guide

Private transfer from your hotel to Santiago airport.

English-speaking guide.
Included : transfer departure, english speaking guide
Included opts : International guide